Game Business Blog

Do you want free game sound effects and background music? There are tons of websites that indie developers can use to score free game sound effects and music for their games. The secret is knowing where to look. Here’s our list of …

Our educational director, Zack Griset recently released a new tutorial video on How to Test Your Games Using Android Studio. If you’re new to the process of developing Android-based apps and the best testing practices to use, this …

Markus ‘Notch’ Persson launched the biggest game in history using a game dev blog. You’ve probably heard of it before; it’s called Minecraft. Over 122 million copies have been sold, and it’s considered to be one of the best-selling …

Our educational director, Zack Griset just released a new video on How to Make a Game. If you ever wanted to learn how to make games but you lack coding skills, or you’re not quite sure how to get started this video is a must-see …

Playing indie games is a great way to find inspiration to help you come up with new game ideas. As a developer, the more involved you are in the indie game scene, the easier it is to get creative and …

We’re excited to announce the release of the Published Game Design Manual. This in-depth guide was written by Buildbox founder, Trey Smith, who’s also a game business owner with over 60 million downloads and counting under his …

Let’s be honest. It doesn’t matter whether you’re making games professionally or only in your spare time during the weekends. Life as an indie dev has tremendous highs, and also its fair share of frustrating lows. Here’s our list of …

Today, we’re going to share the same game dev secrets that we used to make hit games like Phases, The Line Zen, SKY, The Pit and more. Then we’ll walk you through the whole process and break down each secret strategy …

After analyzing thousands of games, here at Buildbox, we’ve discovered that there are five mistakes that new game creators constantly make. Avoiding these common game design errors is important if you want to be successful in the …

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Buildbox is the world's first software that truly allows anyone to create amazing games regardless of technical skill. Due to its unique user interface, making games becomes a fluid process that doesn't require any scripting, programming or software design experience.